Richmond County, NC
The federal environmental record for Richmond County (population 42,324): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
7
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
29
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Macon Lagoon & Drum Storage | Cordova | on the NPL | 07/22/1987 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Richmond with at least one PFAS detection under UCMR5. The federal limit for PFOA and PFOS is 4 ng/L; EPA proposed in May 2026 to rescind the limits for the other compounds, which are shown for information.
| System | Highest results | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| HAMLET WATER SYSTEM NC0377010 | PFOS: 6.9 ng/L PFOA: 5.7 ng/L PFHxS: 3.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| ROCKINGHAM, CITY OF NC0377015 | PFOS: 4.9 ng/L PFPeA: 4.4 ng/L PFOA: 4.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| RICHMOND COUNTY WATER SYSTEM NC0377109 | 6:2 FTS: 6.6 ng/L PFOS: 4.7 ng/L PFPeA: 4.1 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
7 facilities in Richmond filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 330k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| LATHAM POOL PRODUCTS INC D/B/A VIKING POOLS-NC | ROCKINGHAM | Styrene, Methyl methacrylate | 185k lb |
| DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC - SMITH ENERGY COMPLEX | HAMLET | Ammonia, Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 140k lb |
| TRINITY MANUFACTURING INC | HAMLET | Nitromethane, Chlorine | 2k lb |
| PERDUE FOODS LLC - ROCKINGHAM PROCESSING PLANT | ROCKINGHAM | Peracetic acid | 2k lb |
| CAI INC. | ROCKINGHAM | Certain glycol ethers | 28 lb |
| CAVCO INDUSTRIES INC. DBA CAVCO HOMES OF NC | HAMLET | - | 0 lb |
| CONCRETE SUPPLY CO LLC-HAMLET | HAMLET | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 242 tank facilities in Richmond: 185 tanks in service and 520 closed. 107 fuel releases are on record, of which 29 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Richmond as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 pCi/L average). Radon and air quality are covered in depth on lung.com.
The record for one specific address
County figures blur what matters: distance. The Address Environmental Report runs these same federal datasets against one address and reports every site, tank, polluter and water result around it, with distances, in about a minute.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Richmond, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CHARLES MACON LAGOON AND DRUM STORAGECORDOVA
- DOCKERY PROPERTYCORDOVA
- IMPERIAL FOODS BUILDING SITEHAMLET
- INDUSTRIAL METAL ALLOYWINSTON-SALEM
- LATHAM POOLS, ROCKINGHAM, NCROCKINGHAM
- SALVAGE OIL OF AMERICAROCKINGHAM
- US ARMY GARRISON - CAMP MACKALLMARSTON